Dear Child Care Provider, The mission of Oklahoma Child Care Services is to ensure that children and their families have access to licensed, affordable, quality child care. We accomplish this mission by offering support and guidance as well as...

Adopted by the Intermodal Policy Committee and endorsed by the Board of Directors of the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments on April 28, 2011; Approved in April 2011, Encompass 2035 is the comprehensive, long-range transportation plan for...

Educators and researchers agree that Teacher Effectiveness is the single most important school-based factor in student academic achievement.; In response to Oklahoma’s Educator Workforce Shortage, the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE)...

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) currently uses three different gradations (ODOT Type A, ODOT Type B and ODOT Type C) for its base layers. A recent laboratory study by Khoury and Zaman revealed that each of these gradations has...

The rapidly increasing acreage encroached by eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) has recently attracted the attention of land owners, natural resource managers, water managers and policy makers because of the potential effect on streamflow and...

ULTIMATE GOAL: HEALTHY FAMILIES; Healthy Families work together to provide an environment where their children are physically, emotionally, and financially secure. Healthy Families know how to access resources to meet current and future needs.

This guidebook presents new data, new interpretations, and regrouped and reorganized older data on the igneous province of the Wichita Mountains. As such it adds to the existing literature, but, in particular, does not supplant the in-print...

Better bond balancing; Treasurer's Commentary by Ken Miller, In defense of conservatism; Per capita income rises; Q&A with the state bond advisor; Meet Jim Joseph; Revenue up sharply in October in spite of electoral uncertainty; State employment...

The Lower Washita Watershed Planning Region includes six basins (numbered 14-16 and 21-23 for reference). The region is in the Central Lowland physiography province and encompasses 6,192 square miles in southern Oklahoma, spanning all of Carter,...

Set of Oklahoma priority academic student skills (PASS), curriculum in force in 2011; OAC 210:15-3-123; Since 1990 The Arts have been part of core curriculum in Oklahoma. The Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) in The Arts is a basic...

Suggestions and Alternatives that Require Policy or Rule Changes; Suggestions and Alternatives that Require Statutory Changes; Suggestions and Alternatives that Require Funding, Statutory Change and/or Long Term Implementation

The 2012 statewide survey of safety belt use in Oklahoma was conducted in 19 counties at 299 observation sites during the month of June. The sampling procedures were entirely new in response to rule changes issued by the National Highway Traffic...

The Panhandle Watershed Planning Region includes six basins (numbered 52-55 and 65-66 for reference). The region encompasses 9,426 square miles in northwest Oklahoma, spanning from the Panhandle counties of Cimarron, Texas, and Beaver, and...

Research Proves Health Benefit of Volunteering: Taking Time for Community Service; Ice storm thank you letters; Who is in charge? ICS - The Importance of the Incidetn Comand System; OCCHD Keeps with Mission of "promote, Protect, Prevent" at Cox...

OKC Recognizes Hatch for Dedication to People with Disabilities [Jan Hatch]; Even on the toughest day, there is always something to be grateful for [Elizabeth Smart]; Agency of Horror [Halloween]; 40K for OSB Transition Training Facility;...

This duck hunter survey was focused primarily on Zones 1 and 2, to assess hunter preferences for:  The number of hunting zones  The boundaries between zones  Season dates within zones  Existence and/or timing of the split
 An additional...

The purpose of this Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) is to provide the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) with guidance on enhancing the efforts of existing organizations and redefining its own role. Through its...

Seeds that are sown grow and spread themselves anew; If you could have a healthier congregation, one that is tobacco-free, participates in physical activities, and encourages healthy eating Would You?; If you could save your congregation members...

The Blue-Boggy Watershed Planning Region includes seven basins (numbered 7-13 for reference). The southern portion of the region lies within the Coastal Plain physiography province and the northern part of the region intersects the Central Lowland...

What is the CIMC? We are the Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center, a division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. The CIMC has existed since 1967 to produce competency-based instructional materials for career and...